Archive - The Sit Spot

Scenes at the End of fifty-two summers, written in autumn

Five yellow-tailed black cockatoos arrive.

Mar 3 •

Maggie Mackellar

February 2025

January 2025

December 2024

On Saturday night, under a full moon, I flew up to Sydney.

Dec 16, 2024 •

Maggie Mackellar

How to write what isn't there

Often, when I sit down to write I have no idea what it is I want to say.

Dec 9, 2024 •

Maggie Mackellar

A long walk: or...

"Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable" Mary Oliver

Dec 3, 2024 •

Maggie Mackellar

November 2024

I’m writing to you from a makeshift desk in the front room.

Nov 18, 2024 •

Maggie Mackellar

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